a colourless odourless water-soluble dicarboxylic acid found in plant and animal tissues: used in making lacquers, dyes, perfumes, etc; 1,4-butanedioic acid. Formula: HOOCCH2:CH2COOH
succinic acid in American English
(səkˈsɪnɪk)
a colorless, crystalline dibasic acid, HOOC(CH2)2COOH, found in amber, lignite, and many plants, and produced synthetically or during alcoholic fermentation: it is used in medicine and organic synthesis
Word origin
Fr succinique < L succinum, amber
Examples of 'succinic acid' in a sentence
succinic acid
"All Baltic ambers are unique for the succinic acid content, no exceptions?